Western expansion Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What are the humanities? Humans and their culture. Why study the humanities? Seeks to understand what Humans beliefs and why. What are the major historical periods covered in this course? Classical, Middle Ages, Baroque, Renaissance, Neoclassical & Enlightenment, Romantic, Realist, Post-Modern and Modern Period. What is a theme? a unifying idea that are repeated throughout a literary or artistic work. Classical Period? balance, truth/reason, humanism, polytheism,...

Before the coming of Europeans, the peoples who lived in what is now the United States had not developed - A common language The first European country to launch long ocean voyages of exploration was - Portugal When Christopher Columbus made his famous voyages to the New World, he - Believed that he had reached the Far East The Spanish conquest of the Aztecs was, in part, due to - The diseases the Spaniards had given the Indians Before the arrival of the Europeans, the political system of...

HST 1100 Module 5 – The Roman Republic What impact did geography have on the history of Rome, and what influence did the Greeks and the Etruscans have on early Roman history? Italy was positioned on a narrow peninsula, divided into eastern and western territories by a mountain range. The peninsula was a crossroads between the West and East Mediterranean, and communities were not isolated. The land had fertile plains ideal for farming, and access to the sea, but was far enough inland to be eas...

Values correct answers 1 - enduring prescriptive beliefs that a specific mode of conduct (instrumental value) or end state of existence (terminal value) is preferred to another mode of conduct or end state 2 - organized summaries of experience that capture the focal, abstract qualities of past encounters, that have normative or doughtiness quality about them, and that function as criteria or framework against which present experience can be tested Instrumental Value correct answers mode of...

Barbarians/Germanic Tribes - Anyone who lived along the frontiers of the Roman Empire. They were not citizens and fought against Rome's expansion into their lands. Burgundians - Germanic invaders who overran the western half of the Roman Empire Vandals - One of the most destructive nomadic tribes; adopted Arianism when they converted to Christianity. Led by Genseric and sacked Rome in 455. Conquered Eastern Roman Empire in 533. Genseric the Vandal - King of Vandals; conquered Roman North A...

AMSCO 4.1-4.4How did cross-cultural interactions spread technology and facilitate changes in trade and travel from 1450 to 1750? - correct answers Technology: - Increase in interactions of empires over the Atlantic Ocean led to an increase in naval technology - Compass - Astrolabe - Caravel - Lateen sail - *Cartography* - *Prince Henry the Navigator* - Traders/sailors relied on *astronomical charts* Trade + Travel: - *Maritime empires* - Voyages by *Christopher Columbus* allowe...

US Regents Review 2023 Exam Questions with All Correct Answers Uncle Tom's Cabin - ANSWER Harriet Beecher Stowe's book about the brutality of slavery How the Other Half Lives - ANSWER A book by Jacob Riis which photographed the conditions of tenement living during the Industrial Revolution. John Locke - ANSWER Influenced... •the founding fathers •The Bill of Rights (natural rights) •"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" •Checks and balanc...

PACT Social Studies 7-12Most early civilizations of Afro-Eurasia arose in physical environments that featured: - correct answer proximity to a reliable freshwater source that could be used for crop irrigation. If anyone is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death. If the robber is not caught, then shall he who was robbed claim under oath the amount of his loss; then shall the community . . . on whose ground and territory and in whose domain [the robbery took place] c...

True - Answer- T/F: Taking this course and successfully passing the final exam does not make you licensed or certified by your state. Abdomen - Answer- Insecta is distinguished from the other arthropod classes by the three body regions: head, thorax and _______. A) abdomen B) tail C) sub-thorax Exoskeleton - Answer- The arthropod body is confined in its ______________. A) frame B) skeleton C) exoskeleton Molt - Answer- Insects generally form a new, soft exoskeleton under the o...

WGU D106 Survey of Pacific Northwest History for Educators, Survey of Pacific Northwest History for Educators Which action did British Parliament offer a reward for doing, that inspired British subjects to travel to the Pacific Northwest in the 1770's? Discovering the Northwest Passage What is the Northwest Passage? A legendary waterway believed to connect the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean In what way did Captain James Cook's exploration in 1778 have a major social and economic impact on t...